WEBVTT SCENE.NEWSCENTER 5'S TODD KAZAKIEWICHIS LIVE IN MEDFORD TONIGHT,TODD?TODD: YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIORDAMAGE IS BOARDED UP.THE CAR CRASHED INTOLENSCRAFTERS.THE CAR CAME FROM MYSTIC VALLEYPARKWAY.TONIGHT, IT'S STILL NOT CLEARHOW OR WHY THE DRIVER LOSTCONTROL.>> THE CAR WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED,YEAH.IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE YOUALMOST COULDN'T LIKE, WHAT MAKE-- COULDN'T TELL WHAT MAKE ITWAS.TODD THE CRASH THAT RENDERED THE: CAR UNRECOGNIZABLE ALSO LEFTTHE DRIVER DEAD.POLICE SAY THE CAR WAS TRAVELINGAT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AROUND6:20 THIS MORNING, WHEN THEDRIVER LOST CONTROL.THE CAR FLEW OFF MYSTIC VALLEYPARKWAY, BARRELED THROUGH THECVS PARKING LOT, THEN SLAMMEDRIGHT INTO LENSCRAFTERS, LANDINGDEEP INSIDE.>> WE APPLIED FOAM TO SUPPRESSTHE GASOLINE FUMES THAT WERE INTHERE, AND THEN THE TOW COMPANYREMOVED THE VEHICLE.TODD STATE POLICE ARE WORKING TO: DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THECRASH.EMERGENCY REPAIR CREWS SPENT THEDAY BOARDING UP AND SHORING UP,AFTER INSPECTORS AND FIRSTRESPONDERS WORKED TO SURVEY THEEXTENT OF THE DAMAGE>> THAT CENTER POST THERE IS AMAIN STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, ANDTHAT GOT DAMAGED, SO THAT'S WHYTHEY'RE GOING TO CHECK THAT OUT.TODD: NOW IN ADDITION TO THE, DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING,LENSCRAFTERS HAS EQUIPMENT THATWAS DAMAGED.TONIGHT, IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW SOONTHE OFFICE WILL BE ABLE TOREOPEN.THE NAME OF THE DRIVER HAS NOT

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Updated: 5:16 AM EDT Apr 8, 2017

A woman died Friday when her car crashed into the front of a Massachusetts store.